North Carolina officer receives 40-hour suspension after using excessive force during woman's arrest

A North Carolina police officer has been suspended for 40 hours after using excessive force during the arrest of a Black woman in Charlotte., authorities say.

The newly released body camera and bystander videos show different angles and what led to the encounter at a Charlotte bus stop that sparked public outrage. They show that the woman struck an officer in the face and that he responded by hitting her back and knocking her off her feet.

Pistone, who was not the officer involved in that initial exchange of blows, is seen on the video repeatedly striking the woman with a closed fist while four other officers are kneeling and holding her down. As it was happening, bystanders shouted at the officers to stop. After a few seconds, the officers stood and led the woman to a squad SUV with her arms behind her back.